A good use of a day off work!

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I have the rest of this week of and the weather for a change seems to be pretty favourable. So off to the flying field I popped this afternoon, a bag full of charged batteries and 'Just a minute' playing on the car speakers.....yes, this was a good day!
The sun was out, the wind was low to medium breeze, and as luck would have it the flying field has stopped being underwater - LOL!!!
It was a bit soggy and muddy in places but hay, that's what hiking boots are for.
So I flew my FT-Arrow, the Phenix 60, the FT-Goblin that I had repaired from it rather akward crash last time (all my own bad piloting) and I got to maiden the Mighty Mini Vampire and the FT-Racer.
Results ---- a broken prop on landing for the FT-Goblin and the firewall pulled off of the FT-Racer, again on landing.

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Totally lucked out with the weather - in the past 10 days we have been lashed with two storms which gave up 80+kph winds, rain, snow, and everything in between. As for the days off, I had to take them before the end of the month or I would have lost them, these three days were the only ones going. Shear luck!!!

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nice flying Caroline...excellent way to spend an afternoon...i was tempted ...but had allready made arrangments to go shopping for/with the mother in law ...by the time we finished and unpacked everything ,there was no time !!
maybe tomorrow ...!!!

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got out for a flight this morning ...yay ...2 lipos through glider 3 ...forgot to charge the camera though ,so no video !!! sorry!
final approach on the second battery wind caught me out and dropped a wing ...nice cartwheel into the mud !! little damage to the right wing panel ...bit of a crease is all ...happy bunny !!

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I have the rest of this week of and the weather for a change seems to be pretty favourable. So off to the flying field I popped this afternoon, a bag full of charged batteries and 'Just a minute' playing on the car speakers.....yes, this was a good day!
The sun was out, the wind was low to medium breeze, and as luck would have it the flying field has stopped being underwater - LOL!!!
It was a bit soggy and muddy in places but hay, that's what hiking boots are for.
So I flew my FT-Arrow, the Phenix 60, the FT-Goblin that I had repaired from it rather akward crash last time (all my own bad piloting) and I got to maiden the Mighty Mini Vampire and the FT-Racer.
Results ---- a broken prop on landing for the FT-Goblin and the firewall pulled off of the FT-Racer, again on landing.

Maneuvering With Purpose

OK. Thanks! And thank you too, James, for designing it. I'm trying to figure out what I can prefab or actually have built for Flite Fest. It has to fit in my suitcase. Mini Arrow, Goblin, and Mini Mustang are in the prefab category. Alpha, Alpha-Bravo, Super Bee and now the Vampire are in the built category